An updated look at NBA free agents. Who has signed, who is still available, who has become available:
Best of who is left: Kenyon Martin, Josh Howard, Derek Fisher, Chris Andersen, Mickael Pietrus, Mehmet Okur (retired), Maurice Evans, Ryan Gomes,...

Reggie Bullock faced a crowded backcourt with the Los Angeles Clippers. He faced a crowded backcourt with the Phoenix Suns. So he should be used to that situation with the Detroit Pistons. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jodie Meeks are...

Magic SG Ben Gordon was looking to reclaim his game after a tumultuous two-year tenure with the Charlotte Hornets.
Gordon did that in Orlando to some extent, but his role diminished by midseason. He played in only 11 of the team’s final 32 games and...

A birthday often prompts people to look back to the past, but it also can provide the impetus to look ahead.
Orlando Magic big man Kyle O'Quinn turned 25 on Thursday, and if he spent any time looking ahead, he likely found that his future lacked a...

Lakers Coach Byron Scott will miss two games this week to attend funeral services for his mother, Dorothy, who died last week at age 72.
Scott will remain in Southern California while the Lakers play Tuesday at Oklahoma City and Wednesday at Minnesota....

It was just another assist from Steve Nash, a pass to Jodie Meeks for a dunk against Houston last April.
It was the 10,335th of his career. And his last.
Nash announced his retirement Saturday, leaving the game he played since being drafted as a...

For Orlando Magic players to reach where they want to go, they must have fewer nights like Tuesday night.
Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Magic ran out of energy.
The Detroit Pistons dominated the glass and benefitted from a...

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...

NBA general managers may have felt this week like siblings watching the stack of presents swell under the tree in the days before Christmas.
Look, there's LeBron James next to the electric train set!
Wow, that's Carmelo Anthony beneath the stockings!
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The Lakers resume play Wednesday night at Staples Center, playing host to Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets.
A Lakers team that has struggled all season with injuries will welcome back Jodie Meeks, who will make his return from a sprained ankle.
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For two straight games, Steve Nash left early with back, knee and hamstring issues, all related to the chronic nerve root irritation that has kept him out of the Lakers' lineup for most of the season.
"It's pretty much the same thing. It was...

This certainly wasn't part of the plan.
Not that the Lakers officially had one — Tank Option A? Tank Option B? — but they were merrily drifting toward rebuild mode with a nice, comfy spot in the draft lottery thanks to all these injuries.
That was so...

The Lakers have seen point guards Steve Nash and Steve Blake return to the lineup from injury, but the team is still short six players.
Guard Jodie Meeks is out with a sprained ankle. Guard Kobe Bryant, swingman Nick Young and forward Xavier Henry all...

After playing 10 of their last 12 games on the road, the Lakers (18-32) will play their next six at Staples Center.
In addition to a long list of injuries, the Lakers have had a difficult schedule with 29 games on the road, where they're 10-19....

The Lakers competed for a half against the NBA's top team, but the Indiana Pacers easily pulled away to win, 104-92.
David West led the Pacers with 19 points. Both Lance Stephenson and Roy Hibbert notched double-doubles. Stephenson scored 15 points...

Miami Heat 109 - Lakers 102 (end of regulation)
The Lakers made a game of it but the Miami Heat held off a Lakers' run, completing a two-game season sweep, 109-102.
Chris Bosh had his jumper working all night, scoring 31 points on 15-of-22 shooting....

Cleveland Cavaliers 120 - Lakers 118 (end of regulation)
Nick Young's three-point attempt with 9.9 seconds left in the game wouldn't fall, extinguishing a late Lakers' rally against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Instead, the Cavaliers hold on for a 120-118...

The Lakers were dismantled on Friday night by the Clippers, falling by 36 points, 123-87, to their Staples Center rivals. It tied the Lakers' 10th-worst margin of defeat while it was the Clippers' biggest margin of victory over the Lakers.
Given they...